Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and filmmaker who is very famous for his role in The Shawshank Redemption that was released in 1994. He has also participated as a narrator, commentator, and voice actor for various programs, web series, and television shows. He made his first credited film appearance with ‘Who Says I Can’t Ride a Rainbow’ in 1971 and till now he has acted in 95+ movies and has made his name as one of the most successful actors in the Hollywood Industry.
He has won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor for his film Million Dollar Baby that was released in 2004 and till now he has been nominated for Oscar Award in different categories for his extraordinary performances in his successful films. He has been claimed as one of the most successful and highest-paid actors in Hollywood. Among his, all movies maximum were super hit and were really liked by the audience.
Now, I would like to tell our readers that in this post, I will be giving the best 20 movies of Morgan Freeman’s career which the audience liked the most and they received the highest IMDB ratings. All the rankings of the movies will be based on audience reviews and IMDB ratings and on my personal views.
I would also like to advise you all to watch these movies if you haven’t watched them yet. They will really become a good source of entertainment for you and your family. Here are the best 20 movies of the legendary actor Morgan Freeman;
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption is an American drama film that was released in 1994. It received an IMDB rating of 9.3 which is the highest among all the 90+ films which Morgan has done in his career. This film was extremely liked by the audience and also received the highest IMDB ratings because of its excellent story, cast music, and many more things. It was really a very successful film and also has a good run at the box office. Morgan Freeman has delivered one of the best performances of his career which will be remembered by everyone for a lifetime.
His fan following increased tremendously after this film as it was a super hit film in the International Market also. This film was directed by Frank Darabont and even he was very much appreciated for making such an extraordinary film for the audience. It was produced by Niki Marvin in association with Castle Rock Entertainment. Even the screenplay work of this film was managed by the director himself.
This film is adapted from the novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption written by Stephen King. This film has a well-known cast that includes Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore as the lead actors of this film and they all have performed their roles with extreme dedication. The story of the film revolves around a banker Andy who was sentenced a lifetime prison in Shawshank State Jail for the murder of his wife and his lover and his claims of innocence were all dismantled.
In two decades, he becomes a good friend of a prisoner who is a smuggler named Ellis and therefore he becomes an object of money laundering operation that was headed by the warden of that prison. The distribution rights of this film were owned by Columbia Pictures and it has a successful runtime of 142 minutes. It was an overall very interesting film so you should definitely watch it at least once as you will really like it.
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight is a superhero film that is based on DC Comics character batman. It received an IMDB rating of 9. This film is the second installment of the Dark Knight series and is also a sequel to the Batman film that was released in 2005. This film was released in 2008 and has a very successful runtime of 152 minutes. This film broke all the box office records by collecting a whopping amount of 1 billion dollars and became the highest-grossing film of 2008.
This film was extremely liked by the audience and also become the most successful and most profitable film of Morgan’s career. It was directed by Christopher Nolan and was produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan in association with Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures, and Syncopy. The screenplay work of this film was managed by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan.
The distribution rights of this film were owned by Warner Bros Pictures. This picture marked one of the best performances of Morgan Freeman’s career and along with him Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal were also in the lead cast of the film.
3. Se7en (1995)
Seven is an American crime thriller film that was released in 1995. This film was given an IMDB rating of 8.6 making it the third-best film of Freeman’s career. This film has a wonderful run at the box office and it collected a huge amount of 330 million dollars in 1995 which is equal to billions of dollars of today’s time. This film was such a piece of gem that will always remain in the hearts of the audience.
It was directed by David Fincher and was produced by Arnold Kopelson and Phyllis Carlyle in partnership with Cecchi Gori Pictures and Juno Pix. The story of the film was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and the music production and composition work of this film was managed by Howard Shore. It has Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and John C. McGinley as the lead actors of the film and they are one of the important reasons for the tremendous success of this film.
In the story, it was shown that a detective David Miller partners with the retiring William to trace a serial killer who has done many murders. This film has a successful runtime of 127 minutes and each and every minute of this film was worth watching. It is such an interesting and is especially for crime and suspense film lovers.
4. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
This film is a superhero film that was adapted from the DC Comics character Batman. It was released in 2012 and has a successful runtime of 165 minutes and this film broke all the previous records at the box office by collecting a huge amount of 1.1 billion dollars and making it one of the most successful and profitable sequel of Dark Knight series. This film was the final installment of the Dark Knight and also the most successful installment. It received an IMDB rating of 8.4 out of 10 which is an excellent score.
It was directed by Christopher Nolan and was produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven in association with Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures, and Syncopy. The screenplay work of this film was managed by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan and the music production and composition were done by Hans Zimmer.
It has Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Morgan Freeman as the lead actors of the film. The distribution rights of this film were managed by Warner Bros Pictures. It was really an amazing film with an excellent cast, story and everything and I would also like to advise my audience to definitely watch this film and all other installments of this film.
5. Unforgiven (1992)
Unforgiven is an American revisionist western film that was released in 1992. This film is considered as the most successful and profitable film of 1992. It received an IMDB rating of 8.2 out of 10 which is an excellent score. This film collected a whopping amount of 160 million dollars in 1992 which was an extremely huge amount in 1992 and is equal to billions of dollars of today’s time. It was also part of the highest-grossing films of 1992 and also received many awards.
According to the audience reviews and critics rating this is amongst the best films of Morgan’s career. He himself said in a recent interview that he has marked this film as one of the best films of his career. It was directed by lint Eastwood and was produced by Clint Eastwood in association with Malpaso Productions. The story of this film was written by David Webb Peoples and music was composed by Lennie Niehaus.
This film has Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris in the lead roles and all of them had given their best performances for this film. This film has a successful runtime of 131 minutes and each and every minute of this film was worth watching. The distribution rights of the film were owned by Warner Bros Pictures. This film received tremendously positive reviews films and has had an extremely successful run at the box office.
6. Batman Begins (2005)
Batman Begins is a superhero film that was released in 2005. It received an IMDB rating of 8.2. It was directed by Christopher Nolan and was produced by Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, and Larry Franco in association with Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures, Syncopy, and Patalex III Productions. The screenplay work of this film was managed by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer and it was adapted from the Batman character of DC Comics.
This movie was really appreciated by the audience and it was also very successful at the box office and was really liked by the audience throughout the country. This film features Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe and Morgan Freeman as the lead actors of the film and according to audience reviews, they all have performed their role with extreme dedication and complete perfection. This film has a runtime of 140 minutes and each and every minute of this film was worth watching and was full of action.
It also received very high points from the critics and hence it has taken sixth place in our list of the best 20 films of Freeman’s career. The distribution rights of this film were owned by Warner Bros Pictures. It was overall an excellent film and I would like to advise my readers to surely watch this film as it can easily make you fall in love with the story as well as the characters of this film.
7. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Million Dollar Baby is an American sports drama film that was released in 2004. It received an IMDB rating of 8.1 points. This film was extremely successful at the box office and it collected a huge amount of 220 million dollars making it a part of the highest-grossing films of that year. Even the audience requested a lot to the creators for a new sequel of the film but the creators of the film made their intentions clear by rejecting all the requests.
This film was directed by Clint Eastwood and was produced by Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg, and Paul Haggis in association with Lakeshore Entertainment and Malpaso Productions. The screenplay work of this film was managed by Paul Haggis and the story of the film was adapted from Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner written by F.X. Toole. The music work was managed by Clint Eastwood also and the distribution rights of this film were managed by Warner Bros Pictures.
It has Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman as the lead actors of this film. In the story it was shown that Maggie Fitzgerald who was an underdog amateur boxer and he is helped by an underappreciated boxing trainer to achieve his dreams to become a professional and world’s biggest wrestler.
8. Oblivion (I) (2013)
Oblivion is an American post-apocalyptic action-adventure film that was released in 2013 with a successful runtime of 124 minutes. Each and every minute was worth watching as it was full of next-level action. This film received an IMDB rating of 7 and was considered as a blockbuster film. This film has a very successful run at the box office and it collected a huge amount of 290 million dollars by breaking all the previous box office records of Hollywood.
This 2013 released film was extremely liked by the audience and it also received high ratings from the critics. The audience was very much expecting the sequel of this film but the creators openly confirmed their decisions that they are not going forward with the sequels of this film and destroyed all the rumors clearly. This film was directed by Joseph Kosinski and was produced by Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Duncan Henderson, Joseph Kosinski, and Barry Levine in association with Relativity Media, Chernin Entertainment, Monolith Pictures, and Radical Studios.
The story of the film was based on the novel with the same name written by Joseph Kosinski. This film has Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Melissa Leo as the lead actors of this super interesting film. It was one of the best films of Freeman’s career and therefore it has grabbed a place in our list of top 20 films.
9. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is an American action-adventure film that was released in 1991. This film received an IMDB rating of 6.9 out of 10. Like all other films of Morgan Freeman, this film was also very much successful and also became the most profitable film of 1991. This film received many awards and especially its songs were awarded with many awards.
It was directed by Kevin Reynolds and was produced by Pen Densham, Richard Barton Lewis, and John Watson in association with Morgan Creek. The screenplay work of this film was managed by Pen Densham and John Watson and the story of the film was written by Pen Densham. It has Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as the lead actors of the film.
The distribution rights of this film were owned by Warner Bros and it has a runtime of 143 minutes and each and every minute of this film was worth watching. This film was very much appreciated by the audience and also received high critics from ratings. Everyone was really happy after watching the story and the creators received millions of positive reviews from the audience. It was really a nice film and you should definitely watch it as you will really like it.
10. Bruce Almighty (2003)
This one is amongst the best film of Morgan Freeman’s life according to him. It received an IMDB rating of 6.8 points. He has done all the comedy scenes in the film with extreme dedication and they were just looking real. It is very difficult to compare this type of film to others in terms of religious terms and comedy. From this film, anyone can be proudly said that this film belongs to Hollywood.
It won many awards in different categories and was also nominated for Oscars. It is an American religious comedy film that was released in 2003 with a successful runtime of 101 minutes. In this movie, we can say that each and every minute of this film was worth watching as it includes a lot of comedy. This film was directed by Tom Shadyac and was produced by Tom Shadyac, Jim Carrey, James D. Brubaker, Michael Bostick, Steve Koren and Mark O’Keefe in association with Spyglass Entertainment, Shady Acres and Pit Bull Productions.
The story of this film was written by Steve Koren and Mark O’Keefe. This film stars Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall, and Steve Carell in the lead roles. This film received quite a high response from the audience and was really liked by them. I would surely advise you to watch this film if you are a big Morgan Freeman fan.
11. Wanted (2008)
Wanted is an American action thriller film that was released in 2008. It received an IMDB rating of 6.7 which is considered a good rating. This film features James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, and Angelina Jolie as the lead actors in this action film. The story of the film revolves around Wesley Gibson who was a frustrated senior manager and he later discovers that he was the son of a professional assassin and then he takes a decision to join that secret society in which his father served.
This film was directed by Tirum Bekmambetov and was produced by Marc Platt, Jim Lemley, Jason Netter, and Iain Smith in association with Top Cow Productions. The screenplay work of this film was managed by Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, and Chris Morgan, and the story of the film was adapted from the novel with the same name written by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones.
The distribution rights of this film were owned by Universal Pictures for the American audience and by Spyglass Entertainment for the international audience and it has a successful runtime of 110 minutes. This film was highly successful at the box office as well as amongst the audience and it collected a whopping amount of 350 million dollars at the box office making it one of the highest-grossing films of 2008.
12. Outbreak (1995)
Outbreak stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Donald Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Patrick Dempsey, and Kevin Spacey as the lead actors of this amazing film and they all have performed their roles with extreme dedication and perfection and took this film on the path of extreme success.
In this film it was shown that a fictional Ebola-like Motaba virus spread in Zaire and later in the small town of the United States which was causing a lot of deaths. It is an American medical disaster film that was released in 1995 and it gained an IMDB rating of 6.6 out of 10. This film has marked one of the best performances of Morgan Freeman and he himself said in an interview that he was very excited about such type of film. It was directed by Wolfgang Peterson and was produced by Gail Katz, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, and Wolfgang Petersen in association with Punch Productions.
The screenplay work of this film was managed by Laurence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool and it was based on the novel ‘The Hot Zone’ written by Richard Preston. The distribution rights of this film were managed by Warner Bros and it has a successful runtime of 128 minutes. This film collected 200 million dollars at the box office making it one of the highest-grossing films of 1995.
13. Kiss the Girls (1997)
Kiss the Girls is an American neo-noir psychological thriller film that was released in 1997. This film received an IMDB rating of 6.6 and it was overall a good film according to the audience reviews. It was directed by Gary Fleder and was produced by David Brown and Joe Wizam in partnership with Rysher Entertainment. The screenplay work of this film was managed by David Klass and it was adapted from the novel with the same name written by James Patterson.
This novel was also the part of best-selling novels for that decade. This film has Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, and Jay O. Sanders as the lead actors of this film. On high audience demand a sequel of this film named ‘Along Came a Spider’ was released which was also highly successful at the box office as well as amongst the viewers. The distribution rights of this film were owned by Paramount Pictures and it has a runtime of 117 minutes and each and every minute of this film was full of thrilling scenes hence was extremely like by the audience.
14. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Olympus Has Fallen is an American action thriller film that was released in 1987. This film became a part of the best performances of Morgan’s career in an action and thrilling role among all other movies of his career. This movie received extremely good reviews from the audience and also received high points from critics. It was given IMDB ratings of 6.5 which is good. It was liked by everyone throughout the globe and because of this movie Morgan was highly appreciated and also won many awards for his role.
This film was directed by Antoine Fuqua and was produced by Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Ed Cathell III, Danny Lerner, and Mark Gill. It has a runtime of 119 minutes. This film has many well-known actors in the lead roles which include Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Finley Jacobsen, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, and Rick Yune. The lead actors of the film have given wonderful performances hence the film was a big success at the box office making it one of the best films of 2013 as well as Morgan’s career.
15. Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Angel Has Fallen is an American action thriller drama film that was released in 2019 and has a successful runtime of 121 minutes and according to audience reviews each minute of this film was full of action scenes and was worth watching. It received an IMDB rating of 6.4 by the critics. This film was very much liked by the teenagers and college students and they all really appreciated it.
This film has Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Piper Perabo, Danny Huston, Nick Nolte, Tim Blake Nelson, Lance Reddick, and Jada Pinkett Smith as the main actors of this film who have given an extraordinary performance in this film. In this film the US secret service agent Mile races against time and everything in order to save himself as he was framed in a false attack on US President. For his role in this film, Morgan won many awards. This film was one of the main reasons for the huge success of this American actor. This film was directed by Ric Roman Waugh and was produced by Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Matt O’Toole, John Thompson, Les Weldon, and Yariv Lerner.
The screenplay work of this film was managed by Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook, and Ric Roman Waugh and the story of this film was written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt. The distribution rights of this were owned by Lionsgate. This film was highly appreciated by the audience and also had a successful run at the box office and collected a huge amount of 150 million dollars at the box office.
16. Along Came a Spider (2001)
Along Came a Spider is an American neo-noir psychological thriller film that was released in 2001. It received an IMDB rating of 6.4 from the critics. This 2001 released film was highly successful at the box office and crossed a mark of 100 million dollars at the box office. It was directed by Lee Tamahori and was produced by Morgan Freeman, David Brown, and Joe Wizan in association with Phase 1 Productions and Revelations Entertainment. The screenplay work of this film was managed by Marc Moss and this film was adapted from the novel with the same name written by James Patterson.
It has Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Penelope Ann Miller, and Michael Moriarty as the lead actors of this film. The distribution rights of this film were owned by Paramount Pictures and it has a successful runtime of 105 minutes. This was really an interesting movie and was the second installment of the Alex Cross film series. It is definitely a must-watch film so you should watch it with your family as it can be a source of great entertainment for the audience.
17. Lucy (I) (2014)
Lucy was a French science fiction action film that stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-Sik, and Amr Waked as the lead actors of this film. They all have performed their roles with extreme perfection and hence were appreciated by the audience at a very high level. In this film, Scarlett plays the character of a woman who gains psychokinetic abilities and powers when a nootropic drug gets mixed and absorbed in her bloodstream.
This film received IMDB ratings of 6.4 because of its very interesting story and entertaining cast. It was next level film that was highly appreciated by the audience hence it was a great success at the box office and collected a whopping amount of 463 million dollars in 2014 making this film the part of the highest-grossing films of that year.
It was directed by Luc Besson and was produced by Virginie Besson-Silla in association with EuropaCorp Films. The distribution rights of this film were owned by Universal Pictures. The story of the film was written by the director of the film himself and it has a successful runtime of 90 minutes. This film was available in English, Korean and French language and hence was identified as a worldwide success.
18. The Sum of All Fears (2002)
The Sum of All Fears was the fourth installment of the Jack Ryan series and it was released in 2002. This film received an IMDB rating of 6.4 and hence it has taken 18th place in our list of the best 20 films of Freeman. This film was released after a huge demand of the Jack Ryan series new film by the audience. This movie proved to be one of the most successful sequels of the Jack Ryan series by becoming a profitable film at the box office.
Also, because of its interesting storyline this movie received great applauds from the audience and high points from the critics. This film was directed by Phil Alden Robinson and was produced by Mace Neufeld in association with Paramount Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions, MFP Munich Film Partners, and SOAP. The distribution rights of the film were owned by Paramount Pictures and United International Pictures.
This film revolves around an Austrian Neo-Nazi who created a nuclear war between the USA and Russia so that he can establish his rule in Europe and in this movie Jack Ryan has to find a solution to stop the war between the two superpowers and create peace among them. It has Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates, Philip Baker Hall, Ron Rifkin, Bruce McGill, Richard Marner, and Philip Baker Hall as the lead actors who have given tremendous performance and hence were like by all. This film was an American spy thriller film and has a runtime of 124 minutes.
19. Ted 2 (2015)
Ted 2 is an American comedy film that was released in 2015 and has a runtime of 115 minutes. This movie was very much loved by the audience and it received really high response from the viewers throughout the country. It was marked with an IMDB rating of 6.2 out of 10. This film was directed by Seth MacFarlane and was produced by Scott Stuber, Seth MacFarlane, Jason Clark, and John Jacobs in association with Media Rights Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions, and Bluegrass Films.
The story of the film was written by Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. This film has Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Jessica Barth, John Slattery, and Morgan Freeman as the lead actors of this comedy film. This film was highly successful at the box office and it collected a huge amount of 218 million dollars making it a part of the highest-grossing films of 2015. I would also like to recommend this film to you as you will really like it once you are done watching it. This film was the sequel to the film Ted and was very successful like the previous one only.
20. London Has Fallen (2016)
London has Fallen is an American action thriller film that was released in 2016 and has a successful runtime of 99 minutes. This fil received an IMDB rating of 5.9 and that’s why it has gathered a place in our top 20 films of Morgan’s career. This film was the second part of the Fallen film series and has very successful and profitable for the creators like the previous sequel.
It was directed by Babak Najafi and was produced by Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O’Toole, and Les Weldon in association with Gramercy Pictures, Millennium Films and G-BASE The screenplay work of this film was managed by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John and the story of the film was written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt.
It has Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O’Bryan and Waleed Zuaiter as the main actors of the film who have given tremendous performance in this film. The distribution rights of this film were owned by Focus Features and it collected a huge amount of 206 million dollars at the box office.
According to IMDB ratings and audience reviews these are the best 20 films of Morgan Freeman’s career. Among all the 95+ movies he has done these 20 are his most successful, profitable, and interesting films that you should definitely watch if you are a big Morgan Freeman fan. This was all about his best films from our side, now I would also like to know which film you liked the most amongst all his films. So, surely comment down your favorite films of Morgan in the comment section below. I would be really happy to know your opinions. For more interesting updates, stay connected to Otakukart.
